Life Through Lenses

10/20/2025

Today we said goodbye to our beautiful Sugar Magnolia. This creature entered our life when I was always away shooting photos. Both Kelby and I ended up falling in love with her and more often than not we chose spending time with her over going places.

For many years she would go everywhere with us, loved riding in the car, and would happily walk miles around the hills and streets of Corning with me almost everyday for a while.

She shared love and affection in ways that no human could. She loved her people and was able to say goodbye to most of her favorites. Always the life of the party, she would always make sure to say hello and paw each person before chilling with everyone.

She passed away eating bacon, in our hands, with her titular song by The Grateful Dead playing in the background - a tiny dog with a big heart.

06/05/2023

Earth said goodbye to this beautiful creature today. Rufio was an amazing companion for 17 years of my life. Anyone who crossed paths with her knew how much of a loving and special cat she was. Her energy was otherworldly and our connection was deeper than that I have with some people.
Hug your pets today.

10/30/2021

Hop on Dopapod Fall Tour!

The force is strong with this one.

Review of Dopapod's performance at Buffalo Iron Works. Complete with images, set sequencing, and details of guest apperances.

07/06/2021

07/01/2021

A day late, but I would like to honor pride month.
One thing that really stood out to me at Beardfest was the all inclusive and accepting atmosphere. I was so happy that one of the first places I saw was this big q***r safe haven area but that felt somewhat moot as the whole festival felt like that.
I grew up hearing a lot of things like "well it's fine with me as long as they don't touch me" or "I don't think I could still be friends with that person worried they are attracted to me". Despite my occasional insensitive use of gay slurs up until my early 20s or so (which I still hold myself accountable for), I still never felt this way. I always felt sympathetic to those who were affected by these attitudes because gay, straight, bi, or whatever you are, you should feel free to share your feelings with those who you are attracted to.
I watched friends and acquaintances throughout my life who were clearly afraid to come out because of the non-accepting atmosphere we lived in.
Fast forward to now when LGBTQ+ culture has become so normalized that we see it all the time in movies and on tv and I see people so comfortably at events being themselves. Now I know there is a lot of work to be done, and I know people still feel silenced by many corners of the world and there is a lot of work to be done.
To those struggling, there will always be room for all walks of life through my lens.
Love is love and everyone deserves to be who they truly are, as long as they aren't causing harm to others like the bigots of the world do by "being who they are".
Thanks for existing with me in this beautifully evolving world.

06/29/2021

06/13/2021

The sky above Cowanesque Lake

06/13/2021

A few photos of Fareed Haque in 2017.

06/13/2021

The golden hour.

06/08/2021

I'll be shooting photos at Mini Beard at the end of this month! Always admired this festival from afar when I was in the midwest.

My first festival back in a while! Who will I see in New Jersey?